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06 INDUSTRY NEWS A-Plant Eye in the Sky Helps Catch Plant Thieves in Cross Country Recovery Operation The incredible recovery record of A-Plant’s A-Trak GPS satellite tracking and security system used to protect the machines in the company’s hire fleet has been demonstrated by the successful retrieval of a stolen telehandler following a cross country recovery operation involving A-Plant, the hiring customer, the Police and Enigma Vehicle Systems who host the A-Trak system on behalf of A-Plant and all because of an out-of-hours call reporting the theft of a 12 metre telehandler from a site in Oldbury, West Midlands. Asif Latief, A-Plant’s Marketing Director said: “This is a remarkable recovery operation which was only possible due to the power of the A-Trak system and fantastic collaboration between the customer, A-Plant, Enigma and the Police. Over 98% of stolen A-Plant equipment protected with A-Trak is recovered, compared to an industry average of just 5-10%.” www.aplant.com Danny Broadbent wins silver in Euroskills Lisbon 2010 Danny Broadbent, SkillWeld 2010 Finalist and WorldSkills London 2011 squad member, has taken a joint Silver Medal in the EuroSkills 2010 welding competition in Lisbon. The EuroSkills competition is designed to help the EU member states to raise skills standards, to promote excellence in vocational skills and to increase awareness of the importance of skills and vocational education and training for the EU economies and societies. Alstom Thermal Services welder and Grimsby Institute exapprentice Danny entered the competition to hone his skills in preparation for WorldSkills 2011and his excellent performance bears testament to the quality of UK welder training and welding skills. The Welding Institute and Weldability-Sif are supporters of the SkillWeld competition and the development of welding competitors for WorldSkills London 2011 www.baesystems.com UK MANUFACTURERS REPORT SOLID DEMAND CBI reports UK manufacturers continue to report healthy order books and expect further output growth in the coming quarter, though at a slightly slower pace than over the past few months. Manufacturing demand remained strong in June. Of the 457 manufacturers responding to the CBI’s latest monthly Industrial Trends Survey, 27% of manufacturers describe total orders as above normal, while 26% said they were below normal. The resulting balance of +1% is well above the long-term average (-18%), and is a slight improvement on the previous month’s balance of -2%. Export orders books also picked up slightly in June, with 27% of firms saying they were above normal, and 27% below normal. The resulting balance of 0% compares with - 3% in May, and is significantly above the long-term average (-21%). It is a continuation of the broader trend of improvement that has been evident over the past two years. Manufacturing firms still expect solid growth in output in the coming quarter. While 28% predict output will rise in the coming three months, 14% predict it will fall. The resulting rounded balance of +13% is down slightly on very strong expectations seen over the past five months, but still exceeds the long-term average (+5%). However, price pressures remain a concern, with 31% of manufacturers predicting they will raise output prices over the coming quarter, and 5% expecting to lower prices. Follow the CBI on Twitter at: www.cbi.org.uk/twitter HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH STEPS OUT INTO THE LIME LIGHT Construction of the first of the two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, HMS Queen Elizabeth, took a huge step forward as BAE Systems' Govan yard moved two giant sections of the hull together for the first time. The structure is so big that it fills an entire hall at Govan and now extends beyond the doors onto the yard, providing a spectacular view from across the River Clyde. It took a team of 20 employees and remote controlled transporters just one hour to move 1,221 tonnes of steel over 100 metres across the shipyard. The hull section was then manoeuvred carefully into position to line up with the rest of the block. Steven Carroll, Queen Elizabeth Class Project Director at BAE Systems’ Surface Ships division, said: “Seeing the mid section of the carrier come together brings into sharp focus the sheer scale and complexity of this engineering feat. “With construction underway at six shipyards across the country, it is one of the biggest engineering projects in the UK today – second only to the London 2012 Olympics – and we’re all very proud to be a part of it.”
JCB SECURES MULTI MILLION DIGGER DEAL JCB has announced deals worth almost £20 million from two leading UK Hire Companies. The first order is to supply 350 machines to plant hire company, Kent-based H.E. SERVICES Group, who has ordered a range of JCB products including mini excavators, Loadall telescopic handlers, 3CX backhoe loaders, skid steer loaders and tracked excavators. The H.E. SERVICES Group based in Strood, Kent employs more than 1,000 people. As well as its hire business, the company is well known for the network of ‘Diggerland’ theme parks, where adults and children can enjoy the experience of driving JCB’s. The machines ordered include 8018, 8030 and 8065 mini excavators to be made at JCB Compact Products in Cheadle; 520-40, 535-95, 535-125 and 540-170 Loadall telescopic handlers and 3CX backhoe loaders produced at Rocester and tracked excavators made at JCB Heavy Products in Uttoxeter. The second order from Tool Hire - the rental division of Jewson - is for 300 JCB 8014 mini excavators, 100 JCB 8008 micro excavators, and 53 VMT160- The Manufacturing Institute welcomes Governments Recognition of importance of UK Manufacturing The Manufacturing Institute (TMI) has supported the government’s recognition of the value delivered by the UK’s manufacturing sector, and the need to ensure that the image of modern manufacturing is vigoursly communicated to attract more talent to the sector Myths abound about manufacturing being dead-end, messy and lacking creativity, with boring assembly lines, poor pay and a lack of esteem for its workers. There is recognition that manufacturers themselves need to further improve its image and to open their doors to students and teachers to tackle this and to further encourage new talent into the sector The dot com collapse, followed by the banking crisis and recent recession has resulted in a long overdue recognition that manufacturing is crucial to the future prosperity of the UK. TMI published ‘Manufacturing - the Truth behind the Myths’, that dispelled the top ten negative views on manufacturing through a series of case studies from influential and high-profile world-class manufacturers, including Bentley Motors, BAE Systems Submarines, Siemens and Airbus. Dr Julie Madigan, Chief Executive, TMI said: “The high standards of innovation and intellectual challenge in modern UK manufacturing, together with exacting environmental and ethical production methods and a high regard for the health, safety and wellbeing of workers, means that manufacturing is now certainly very much an appropriate choice for those seeking a rewarding and fulfilling working career. For a copy of the ‘Myths’ booklet, please send an email, with your name and address, to ed.moss@manufacturinginstitute.co.uk INDUSTRY NEWS 80 vibratory tandem rollers. The company has also invested in 200 Thwaites mini dumpers in a deal worth an additional £2.2 million. Jewson, whose head office is in Binley, Coventry, first entered the micro excavator market in 1995 and have had a partnership with JCB since 2004 when the company purchased 70 JCB micros – a venture which has grown in success and led to the continued investment in this product now and back in 2008 when 100 JCB micros were also purchased. The company also invested in 10 VMT160-80 rollers in 2007. JCB Image JT11 036 caption: John Dolphin (left), Gunn JCB Group Sales Director, and Jewson Tool Hire Director Richard Pedersen with the line up of new machines. TWI EXPERTS KEEP FLYING LEGEND AIRBORNE 1940’s engineering and 2011 welding expertise joined forces at TWI recently, in a combined effort to keep the world's oldest flying jet aircraft in the skies. A thin sheet stainless steel shroud surrounding the jet pipe of a North American Aviation F-86A Sabre jet fighter was in need of some specialist attention. This shroud deflects any leaking exhaust gases away from the internal structure during the brief period, between start-up and the engine reaching running temperature, when previously weeping seals around the jet expand and become leakproof. Although within limits, several small cracks and tears were in need of attention during the Sabre's annual maintenance if the aircraft was to achieve its Permit to Fly. “It's very tricky to weld materials like this but we're lucky here at Duxford” said Roger King of the Aircraft Restoration Company. 'TWI's experts are almost on our doorstep.” Using TIG welding and an appropriate consumable for the aged material, TWI was able to arrest and repair cracks in the wafer thin material. “It's not a structural part” clarifies King. “It is a heat deflector. Had it made a structural contribution a more rigorous and detailed procedure would have been demanded. New parts no longer exist, so the only alternative to repair would be to re-manufacture from scratch.” The Sabre is best known for its service in the Korean War where it was pitted against the Soviet MiG-15. The Golden Apple Trust, which owns the Sabre (registered G-SABR), believe it to be the oldest airworthy jet-powered aircraft in the world: its first flight was in March 1949. www.twi.co.uk 07
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